Ric Carrott obit

Ric Carrott Has Died

 

He was not on the list.

Youthful-looking and handsome, Carrott's only regular television series role was as Captain Chris Gentry, on the Saturday morning children's series Space Academy, but he made guest appearances on numerous popular shows of the decade. These included Nanny and the Professor, The Partridge Family, Love American Style, Dirty Sally, The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, The Blue Knight, The Streets of San Francisco, Lucas Tanner, S.W.A.T., Cannon, and later The Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones, Fantasy Island and Three's Company.

Carrott originated the role of Chuck Cunningham, in the pilot for Happy Days (which aired as a segment of Love, American Style, "Love and the Happy Days"), later played by Gavan O'Herlihy in the series.

His film work includes roles in The Swinging Cheerleaders (also known as Locker Room Girls) (1974), Earthquake (1974), Slashed Dreams (1975), Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976), Marathon Man (1976), and the television movies A Summer Without Boys (1973), Hurricane (1974), SST: Death Flight (1977), and When Hell was in Session (1979).

Carrott died on November 25, 2025, at the age of 76.

 

Actor

This Is the Life (1952)

This Is the Life

6.5

TV Series

Tom

1979

1 episode

 

John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt in Three's Company (1976)

Three's Company

7.6

TV Series

Rick

1979

1 episode

 

Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)

Fantasy Island

6.6

TV Series

Ken Lansing

1979

1 episode

 

Lou Grant (1977)

Lou Grant

7.3

TV Series

Jeffrey

1979

1 episode

 

When Hell Was in Session (1979)

When Hell Was in Session

7.4

TV Movie

Lt. Hadley

1979

 

Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)

Barnaby Jones

7.0

TV Series

Lester Deverill

1979

1 episode

 

King of the Road

TV Movie

Rick

1978

 

Starsky and Hutch (1975)

Starsky and Hutch

7.0

TV Series

Officer Baker

1978

1 episode

 

Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)

The Rockford Files

8.2

TV Series

Pledge Miller ClaussenAmbulance Attendant

1977–1978

2 episodes

 

Space Academy (1977)

Space Academy

6.7

TV Series

Chris

1977

15 episodes

 

Harold Gould and Stefanie Powers in The Feather and Father Gang (1976)

The Feather and Father Gang

6.9

TV Series

Worth's Assistant (as Ric Carrot)

1977

1 episode

 

SST: Death Flight (1977)

SST: Death Flight

4.3

TV Movie

Reporter

1977

 

Johnny Staccato (1959)

Delvecchio

6.7

TV Series

Boy

1976

1 episode

 

Angie Dickinson in Police Woman (1974)

Police Woman

6.6

TV Series

Pepper's Neighbor

1976

1 episode

 

Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)

Marathon Man

7.4

Plainclothesman

1976

 

Cloris Leachman in The Love Boat (1976)

The Love Boat

5.7

TV Movie

Richard Garrett III

1976

 

Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, and Bill Cosby in Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

Mother, Jugs & Speed

5.9

Harvey

1976

 

William Conrad in Cannon (1971)

Cannon

6.8

TV Series

Policeman

1975

1 episode

 

S.W.A.T. (1975)

S.W.A.T.

6.8

TV Series

Gary Bennett

1975

1 episode

 

Sunburst (1975)

Sunburst

3.2

Marshall

1975

 

David Hartman in Lucas Tanner (1974)

Lucas Tanner

6.9

TV Series

Rod Baylor

1974

1 episode

 

Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake

6.0

National Guardsman (uncredited)

1974

 

Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)

McCloud

7.0

TV Series

Officer in Helicopter (uncredited)

1974

1 episode

 

The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)

The Swinging Cheerleaders

5.1

Ross

1974

 

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco

7.3

TV Series

Corky Shaffer

1974

1 episode

 

Will Geer, Michael Learned, and Martin Milner in Hurricane (1974)

Hurricane

4.9

TV Movie

Barker

1974

 

Jeanette Nolan in Dirty Sally (1974)

Dirty Sally

7.7

TV Series

Ortho

1974

1 episode

 

A Summer Without Boys (1973)

A Summer Without Boys

6.9

TV Movie

Joe (as Ric Carrot)

1973

 

William Holden in The Blue Knight (1973)

The Blue Knight

7.1

TV Movie

D.A. Sykes (uncredited)

1973

 

The F.B.I. (1965)

The F.B.I.

7.4

TV Series

Jay Rodman

1973

1 episode

 

Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)

The Odd Couple

7.9

TV Series

Steve O'Connor

1972

1 episode

 

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

The Bob Newhart Show

8.1

TV Series

Ronnie

1972

1 episode

 

Stuart Margolin and Julie Newmar in Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

Chuck Cunningham

1972

1 episode

 

The Partridge Family (1970)

The Partridge Family

6.6

TV Series

Bernie

1972

1 episode

 

Michael Constantine, Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, and Karen Valentine in Room 222 (1969)

Room 222

7.7

TV Series

Mark (as Ric Carrot)

1971

1 episode

 

Nanny and the Professor (1970)

Nanny and the Professor

7.2

TV Series

Jimmy Taylor

1971

1 episode

 

Bill Cosby in The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

The Bill Cosby Show

6.1

TV Series

Johnny

1970

1 episode